This coronavirus lockdown isn’t all bad for parents. Yes, for most of us, it’s a nightmare trying to juggle childcare, work, and downing half-a-pack of Custard Creams in the kitchen without getting caught.

Des O’Driscoll rounds up some of the latest news from the entertainment world.

The Swiss coffee company Nespresso has begun an investigation and promised to increase random checks on its coffee farms after child labour was reported on them.

Channel 4's probe into paedophile rings in Scottish football will be broadcast this evening at 7pm.

The Secret Life of the Zoo is all about the bonking — it’s basically Ibiza Uncovered, with slightly less wildlife.

Audrey's been sorting out Cork people for ages...

It's October 2003. Saddam Hussein’s regime has fallen. For six months, Baghdad has been occupied by American forces.

Alexa Chung and Tan France join forces for new, high-stakes, competition series Next In Fashion.

Tadhg Furlong is nominated for the third year in a row.

From starring in a Cork-set film, to securing a role in Ridley Scott’s major new HBO series, it has been quite a year for Niamh Algar, writes Esther McCarthy

A number of celebs dig deep into their family’s lives during WWII for a new TV series, writes Georgia Humphreys

The third annual Dublin Podcast Festival takes place across the month of November in various venues across the capital. There’s a bit of everything, from feminism to sports to economics to Sweet Valley High.

Before his departure, Mark Tumilty spoke with an old friend, Garry Doyle, about the joy he still gets daily from ‘an unbelievable sport’.

Everything entertainment you need to look out for

Fans in Japan magnanimous in defeat and gracious in victory

When he was around five-years-old, Joseph Tuohy was ripped from his mother’s arms. It was a moment that shaped the rest of his life.

Irish writer Ronan Bennett has teamed up with Drake to resurrect gritty drama Top Boy, writes Ed Power.

The Late Late Show is back on our screens tomorrow for its 58th season and Ryan Tubridy's 11th year as the host.

An appeal has been made for mourners for an elderly Irish man who died alone in London and who is to return to his final resting place later this month.

Eve Kelliher looks at the world of property and interiors.

The creator of Derry Girls is back with a new project, but don't expect it to echo the comedic elements of the hit Channel 4 TV show.

In 2015 plans by Irish scriptwriter Hugh Travers to develop a comedy series commissioned by Channel 4 about Ireland’s Famine drew the ire of public opinion which led to an online petition with almost 20,000 signatures expressing outrage at its apparent trivialisation.

The Great British Bake Off is back tonight, so Gemma Dunn finds out what’s in store

Hard to know where to start with the Jade Goody revival, her corpse exhumed by Channel 4 and slapped on a digital slab for us all to have another gawp, writes Suzanne Harrington.

The reality TV star was a polarising character demonised by the very machine that helped create her and we all played a part in her fall from grace, writes Lindsay Woods

LOVE it or loathe it, tie-dye has been making its groovy presence felt on the international catwalks in recent months.

Seven years ago, a horse sporting the famous green, pink, and white silks of Khalid Abdullah rocked up at York for the penultimate start of a flawless career.

‘The Queen of Big Brother’, ‘The Princess of Bermondsey’, two of the many monikers bestowed upon former Big Brother contestant and reality TV star, Jade Goody. A polarising character, who was demonized by the very machine that helped create her.

Hard to know where to start with the whole Jade Goody revival, her corpse exhumed by Channel 4 and slapped on a digital slab for us all to have another gawp.

In order to dismantle such discrimination, I suppose we do need constructive discourse between people of all views, but Twitter usually isn’t the best forum for such progressive debate.

Des O'Driscoll picks his cultural highlights.

FESTIVAL TIME: All Together Now and Indiependence are among the events making the most of the bank holiday weekend, with strong line-ups over the next few days.

Sometimes, a must-watch comedy hits our screens: This Way Up is exactly that. Georgia Humphreys meets its creator and star, comedian Aisling Bea, to find out what inspired it

Recent days brought the old questions about division back into a sharp focus.

John McCririck has died at the age of 79.